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buckboard

[buhk-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈbʌkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /




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They’d flocked in autos, surreys, and buckboard wagons to bid their boys farewell.

From Slate ● May 16, 2020

He toiled as a lawyer, traveling across the plains in a buckboard wagon, often working for the railroads, once having to sue for his fee because the company superintendent refused to pay it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2017

A buckboard from his great-grandfather’s livery stable looks down from the loft, and a pair of great-grandpa’s chaps hang from a peg in the corner, alongside his dad’s Filson chore coat and battered Stetson.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2015

The two men on the seat of the buckboard got down and stood either side of it.

From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2015

Pa had the buckboard and Shirl, the biggest plow horse, waiting on the road.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis


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